Comments on: What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

sluglicker — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:57:03 -0800

"Have you got experience with...well, you know", she asked him. And he said, "I've got 500 miles". She scoffed. Because, you know, 500 miles is not enough. An animated 3D short by Hans Spilliaert. Music by Joachim Brackx.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:35:53 -0800

But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles To fall down at your door

By: peeedro

peeedro — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:55:09 -0800

Nice animation. Anyone else reminded of "The Night Face Up" by Julio Cortázar?

By: ook

ook — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:39:45 -0800

Check out the closing credits:

Total nr of deaths within 30 days after an accident with a motorcycle/scooter in one year: austria: 112 australia: 224 belgium: 118 ... germany: 964 france: 1069 finland: 16 ...

The numbers are all over the place, no apparent relationship to population. What's the story there, you think... helmet laws? Are Germans just worse drivers than Austrians? What?

By: localroger

localroger — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:28:53 -0800

Iain Banks' non-SFnal novel The Bridge. That is all.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:51:39 -0800

Interesting stuff - the animation is of a stile that has always slightly turned me off... that gray area between very realistic and almost cartoony has always weirded me out a little bit, but as a work it's very cool.